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Recent Examples of ponytail
The video saw Lilibet playing happily in Markle and Prince Harry's idyllic backyard pool with her long hair swept back into a low ponytail.
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Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
This is certainly true of the ponytail palm, which stores water in its thick trunk and significantly slows its growth when the days grow short.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
Yet the Na’vi are just as often seen plugging their ponytail into an animal, or even into the roots of trees, to share their consciousness.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
Gomez kept her nails short and styled the mani with a high ponytail, winged liner, and glowy skin.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Dec. 2025
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Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
This is certainly true of the ponytail palm, which stores water in its thick trunk and significantly slows its growth when the days grow short.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
Yet the Na’vi are just as often seen plugging their ponytail into an animal, or even into the roots of trees, to share their consciousness.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
Gomez kept her nails short and styled the mani with a high ponytail, winged liner, and glowy skin.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ponytail
Noun
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For a long time, Ciceron notes the wash-n-go style didn’t feel doable for women looking for definition of their highly textured hair twist outs and braid outs were more popular.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Princess of Wales stepped out for a full day of royal duties on January 27—and threw in a surprisingly simple side braid between stops.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In the end, her disobedience—forged in tandem with and in opposition to her tribe—felt unmoored without a fellow-Mitford’s pigtail to pull.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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One of them, Ani, appears on your screen as an anime girl with blond pigtails and a revealing black dress.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For this super laidback, windchill-ready look, Hadid wore a beanie hat over her plaits, ski goggle-like black sunglasses, and black leather gloves.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
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Low-tension styles are no longer just a few neat plaits.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Videos included in the post show the band members being escorted through the attraction’s queue as onlookers cheer them on.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Any Londoner or New Yorker knows the queues all too well.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Abrams first debuted the fresh hairdo in early January, following the release of her Chanel Coco Crush Campaign, which featured her with a straight, chin-length bob styled by Bobby Eliot.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Luz’s chief liaison in the gillage was a fifty-three-year-old woman named Yolanda Miranda, paper-thin with soft features and a loose bob of saddle-brown hair.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Ponytail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ponytail. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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